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self-absorbed

self-absorbed adjective: overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others.

Adjective

self-absorbed (comparative more self-absorbed, superlative most self-absorbed)

  1. Overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others.
    • I don't want to call him self-absorbed but he was more concerned with the scratch on his car than the people in the car he hit.

self-absorbed meaning in Tamil and Thai

self-absorbed in Tamil

தற்சிந்தனையில் ஆழ்ந்த, தன்னைப்பற்றியே நினைக்கிற, புறத்தே கருத்துச் செலுத்தாத

self-absorbed in Thai

heavily concerned with oneself
เอาแต่ใจ ao-dtɛ̀ɛ-jai, เห็นแก่ตัว hěn-gɛ̀ɛ-dtuua

Synonyms of self-absorbed

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Forms of self-absorbed

comparativemore self-absorbed
superlativemost self-absorbed

Origin of self-absorbed

From self- + absorbed.

Questions about self-absorbed

What does self-absorbed mean?
Self-absorbed means overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others.
What is self-absorbed in Tamil?
Self-absorbed in Tamil is தற்சிந்தனையில் ஆழ்ந்த, தன்னைப்பற்றியே நினைக்கிற, புறத்தே கருத்துச் செலுத்தாத. See Self-absorbed meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is self-absorbed?
Self-absorbed is an adjective.

Words near self-absorbed in the dictionary

  1. self-abasements
  2. self-abasing
  3. self-abnegation
  4. self-abnegations
  5. self-abnegatory
  6. self-absorbed
  7. self-absorption
  8. self-abuse
  9. self-abused
  10. self-abuser
  11. self-abusers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-absorbed (page history and authors); self-absorbed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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